NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands
A general view of an unidentified loch in the Shetland Islands being used for amphibious landings by a task force of nine United States warships during the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. The photographer is on shore showing a port bow view of the U.S. LCUs (Landing Craft Utility) ACU2-9 and ACU2-3 beached and discharging vehicles. A jeep discharged from ACU2-3 has got stuck on shore and a number of United States Marines are trying to get it moving. The two landing craft are members of Assault Craft Unit 2.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8090/28 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | ACU2-9; ACU2-3 |
| Date made: | September 1978 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |